Collective Management of Copyright offers an analysis of the market for recorded music and its associated revenues. The focus is on the administration of music rights by collecting societies as key intermediaries for online and offline use of music. In addressing the economic and social desirability of collecting societies performing their function of facilitators towards lawful use of music, the volume investigates how regulation influences the creation, consumption and enjoyment of recorded musical content. The book also includes consideration of recent efforts towards the adoption of a European Directive on collective management.